Mrs Kurt Riezler (née Käthe Liebermann, daughter of Max Liebermann) was previously mis-identified as Liezler
EDOUARD MANET
The Melon, c. 1880
Not on View
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 46.67 × 56.52 cm (18 3/8 × 22 1/4 in.)
framed: 71.12 × 80.01 × 6.35 cm (28 × 31 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
2014.18.29
Artists / Makers
Edouard Manet (artist) French, 1832 - 1883
Image Use
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PROVENANCE
Sold by the artist to M. Pertuiset, Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 June 1888, no. 3); bought by Isidore Bloch or Hermann Paechter, Berlin. Max Liebermann [1847-1935], Berlin, before 1925; his daughter, Mrs. Kurt Riezler [née Käthe Liebermann, 1885-1952], Berlin and later New York.[1] (Wildenstein and Co., New York); sold 1959 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
ASSOCIATED NAMES
Bloch, IsidoreLiebermann, Max
Mellon, Paul
Paechter, Hermann
Riezler, Kurt Mrs.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
Riezler in other provenances
Title: Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906) at Bellevue
Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date: 1880
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (80.6 x 60.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
Accession Number: 1997.391.4
Provenance
Title: Three Male Heads
Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, red and brown wash, over black chalk; on beige paper, lined
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 8 9/16 in. (10.7 x 21.7cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Gregoire Tarnopol, 1979, and Gift of Alexander Tarnopol, 1980
Accession Number: 1980.21.10
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334358
Provenance
Title: The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)
Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
Date: ca. 1875